Future Public School
Minutes
Monthly Future Public School Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 24, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Location
511 E. 43rd St. Garden City, ID 83714
Directors Present
Basile Beaty, Colleen Mackay (remote), Darnisha Orcutt, Julie Oliver, Keith Donahue, Tracy Sedano
Directors Absent
Matthew Kuzio, Whitley Caka
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Basile Beaty, Julie Oliver
Guests Present
Amanda Cox, Lauren Tassos, Marc Carignan
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance & Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Celebrations
D.
Approve Feb Meeting Minutes
E.
Approve Special Meeting Minutes
II. Management
A.
School Update
Amanda shared some updates from student and classroom activities for the past month, including Shake it Up (after-school Shakespeare), restorative justice student ambassadors, and more.
Upcoming events include Spring Fest, spring testing, hiring, and student recruitment events.
Amanda shared updates around staffing and hiring, as well as lottery enrollment and fall enrollment projections. Goal is by the end of April to have all offers and confirmations for next year teaching positions.
Amanda provided an academic progress update, including an overview of spring testing and 2021-2022 NWEA MAP winter data and benchmarking tool as part of the Charter School Growth Fund portfolio.
B.
2022-23 School Calendar
Amanda shared some context around the 2022-23 calendar, including considerations taken when drafting and input received from stakeholders. Darnisha shared some thoughts based on the Boys & Girls Club calendar, which is has not yet been confirmed.
C.
FY22 Budget Update
Lauren provided some context on monthly budgeting and the accounting systems we use, including some of the challenges of reconciling our non-payroll and payroll expense tracking.
Marc walked through the 02-28-2022 financial statement. There was a discussion around our Medicaid program and a current deficit within the program.
In honor of Women's History Month, board members shared a female that has inspired them.